Longevity
The Sex-Frailty Paradox: Why Women Outlive the Men Who Outlast Them
Women rack up more frailty as they age, yet keep outliving the men around them. New centenarian data hints that the answer is hiding in their inflammation.
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Longevity
Why Your Biological Age Score Might Be Wrong
A new GeroScience analysis argues the machine-learning clocks behind today's biological-age tests optimize for math, not biology — and miss inflammation in the process.
Longevity
IL-11, the Inflammaging Switch: Can Blocking One Cytokine Extend Healthspan?
Two new commentaries spotlight a single signaling molecule as a clean lever on age-related inflammation. The mouse data are striking. The human verdict is years away.
Longevity
Immune Resilience: The Aging Trait That Might Matter More Than Your Biomarkers
A new perspective in Aging Cell argues that the body's capacity to buffer immune decline — not the disease markers we obsess over — may be the truer measure of how well we age.